Veteran actor Jide Kosoko has stated that it is too soon for Nigerians to criticize President Bola Tinubu’s administration. He stated, “It is senseless if they (Nigerians) start comparing government that is less than one month with the previous one,” in an interview with Sunday Scoop. In fact, it seems so absurd, but I can only say that this government has got off to a great start and that I have no doubts about their...
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has come under fire for what is alleged to be an exposé of how senators voted for him. A sociopolitical activist by the name of Deji Adeyanju stated that Akpabio’s action lacked statesmanship. According to Adeyanju, Akpabio’s action of disclosing how senators voted has the potential to cause division within the Senate. In a tweet, the rights activist recalled that in 2015, Bukola Saraki, who had previously served...
Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president of Nigeria and the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, has claimed that the country’s democracy is still held captive despite the end of the military regime in 1999. A return to civil rule rather than democracy is what the nation is currently enjoying, as the former vice president noted. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the presidential election of June 12, 1993, which Bashorun Moshood...
Femi Falana, SAN, a human rights attorney, has urged ECOWAS leaders to “obey the rule of law, and uphold the principles of democracy and good governance.” This was stated by Falana yesterday in a paper he presented at the international conference held in Banjul, The Gambia, and sponsored by the Community Court of Justice. Falana claims that “the establishment of the rule of law in the sub-region requires the development of a relatively autonomous institutional...
The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, stated on Saturday that the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, is not known for being a sycophant and has a reputation for speaking truth to power. The governor remarked that only El-Rufai had the guts to insist that the southern region of Nigeria win the presidency in 2023 for the sake of national unity and advancement. In a message for the occasion, the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,...
The theory is known as self-serving bias in psychology. This life theory addresses the problem of people blaming other people for their mistakes but giving themselves glory and credit when they record rounds of successes. We hardly ever place the blame for mistakes on ourselves. We are quick to blame the problem on someone else, especially on those who are close to us. The self-serving bias is when we blame negative outcomes on outside factors...
Bola Tinubu, the newly elected president, and Kashim Shettima, the newly elected vice president, have urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to deny Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party’s request for a live broadcast of the proceedings. According to reports, the respondents claimed that the applicants’ requested relief was beyond the court’s authority to grant. The respondents expressed their admiration for the petitioners and said, “The motion is an abuse of the court’s...
Bello Matawalle, the governor of Zamfara State, has pleaded with President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret.) to prevent Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank, from traveling abroad. This came after rumors surfaced that the president had granted the CBN governor’s request to take a study leave. Buhari has demonstrated good faith by indicating that he is prepared to leave the office, according to Matawalle, who made this claim in a statement on...
On Friday, a group of the Labour Party, led by the temporarily suspended Lamidi Apapa, called on security forces to detain everyone who supported the formation of an interim administration in the nation, including the party’s presidential candidate. Abayomi Arabambi, the faction’s national publicity secretary, made the announcement while speaking with journalists in Abuja. He was responding to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court’s decision to exercise jurisdiction over the lawsuit brought by certain...
Dayo Adeyeye, the national coordinator of the South-West Agenda for Asiwaju, stated that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the next president, would not marginalize any group inside the nation, regardless of whether they supported him or not. The promise was given by Adeyeye, a former spokesperson for the 9th Senate, to journalists on Thursday in Abuja. The Afenifere chieftain asserted that Tinubu had no justification for marginalizing any region of the nation because he won...
